Malcolm Gladwell on Atticus Finch and "the limits of southern liberalism"
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... published in 2009 in The New Yorker--well before the announcement that Harper Lee's first draft of Mockingbird existed, and that it included an entirely different portrait of Atticus Finch and Scout's relationship to him!
Let's discuss his point about the "limits of southern liberalism." How persuasive do you find his analysis? Does it help us understand Lee's own exploration of those "limits" (as embodied in Atticus Finch) in Watchman?
Gladwell is the author of many famous books and essays, including The Tipping Point.
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